Irondequoit Little League Pool Player Program

Irondequoit Little League operates a Pool Player program for the Major and Minor divisions (includes Rookie League Age 7 and 8) to help eliminate forfeits and rescheduling of games due to player availability shortages.

The Pool Player program is NOT intended to supplement a team’s roster.

The Pool for each division consists of players, currently playing within that division, who are willing to fill-in for teams that will be short of enough regular players. These pool players are willing to participate in extra games during the regular season with teams that face a shortage of players for a specific regular season game.

Teams may request Pool Players if they expect a shortage of players. This is to aid teams that are having a difficult time fielding a team for a specific game during the regular season only.

Pool Player Rules

1. The League’s Player Agent will create and run the Pool Player program with assistance and guidance from the Board of Directors. 2. The League’s Player Agent will use the pool to assign players on a rotating basis to those teams that are short of players. 3. Managers/Coaches do not have the right to randomly pick and choose players from the pool or otherwise. If a team selects a replacement player that is not part of the Pool Player program and assigned by the Player Agent to that team for that specific game, the game (whether played or not) will be counted as a loss for the team violating the Pool Player program rules. 4. Players used from the pool are not allowed to pitch or catch, unless they are specifically replacing a player that is normally designated in such roles. 5. Minor division players are NOT allowed to be Pool Players in Major division games. 6. Major division players are NOT allowed to be Pool Players in Minor division games. 7. Pool players who are called and show up at the game site must be placed at the bottom of the lineup. This applies even if a rostered player arrives resulting in more rostered team players in attendance. The Pool player must be given the minimum playing times allowed per League rules. 8. If a rostered player arrives to a game unexpectedly, that rostered player must be allowed to play in the game in addition to the Pool Player who has been assigned. 9. Four (4) is the maximum number of Pool Players that will be assigned to a team. If a team needs more than 4 Pool Players the game should be rescheduled. 10. Any team that finds out at, or just before, game time they do not have enough players to play, will be given 15 minutes grace (will be taken out of game time) for the league to try to produce a Pool Player. If one is not found, the game will result in a forfeit and for the benefit of those that arrived; an unofficial game may be played among the remaining players. 11. Pool Players should only be used when a team does not have a full roster. Irondequoit Little League Pool Player Program

Procedure for Assigning Pool Players

1. Players will be added to the pool in a random drawing of names and placed in order with regular season team assigned recorded along with name. 2. As the player Agent is notified of a shortage of players for an upcoming game, pool players will be contacted by the Player Agent on a rotating basis. 3. If a pool player is asked to participate in a game and is unable to do so on that date, that player will be bypassed and the next available pool player will be invited to participate.